In Washington, D.C., the U.S. Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Technologies Office announced up to $19 million in federal funding for the advancement of technologies that utilize waste carbon to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and produce reliable feedstocks for biotechnologies, with this particular funding opportunity aiming to increase the capability of algal systems to capture carbon […]
In Washington, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced up to $25 million in funding for plastics recycling research and development (R&D). The funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is part of the Department’s Plastics Innovation Challenge, a comprehensive program to accelerate innovations in plastics recycling technologies. The Advanced Manufacturing Office and Bioenergy Technologies Office within the […]
In Washington, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Vehicle Technologies Office has published a notice of intent to issue a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) titled “Fiscal Year 2020 Advanced Vehicle Technologies Research FOA.” The FOA will support a broad portfolio of advanced vehicle technologies that can strengthen national security, enable future economic growth, support American energy […]
In Washington, a funding opportunity announcement (FOA) supports federal investment in innovative, early-stage advanced manufacturing applied research and development (R&D) projects that focus on specific high-impact manufacturing technology, materials, and process challenges. The topics are aimed at foundational energy-related advanced manufacturing technologies that impact areas relevant to manufacturing processes (where energy costs are a determinant […]
In Washington, the Office of the Secretary of Defense announced a $55M funding opportunity for a 10M gallon biorefinery capable of producing advanced drop-in bio-equivalent fuels suitable for military use. Proposals may take the form of either Brown Field expansion/modification of existing Pilot-scale facilities, commercial-scale facilities, or new Green Field construction. Attention will be paid […]
In Washington, $14 million is up for grabs thanks to a new funding opportunity for “Landscape Design for Sustainable Bioenergy Systems” from the Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) division of the Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE). DOE stated that the FOA seeks projects that apply landscape design approaches to integrate […]
In Washington, the Department of Energy has announced up to $2 million to develop the domestic supply chain for hydrogen and fuel cell technologies and study the competitiveness of US hydrogen and fuel cell system and component manufacturing. As a part of the Clean Energy Manufacturing Initiative, the funding opportunity will focus on commercial scale-up. […]
In Washington, the Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) made a $10 million Renewable Carbon Fiber Funding Opportunity Announcement. The funding will go to support innovative technologies and solutions at Technology Readiness Levels 2-4 that could help meet bioenergy development goals. BETO intends to issue 5-10 awards to reduce the risk associated with potential […]
ARPA-E aims to drive liquid fuel production from abundant, affordable methane — and sees biobased technology as the path forward. In Washington, ARPA-E released its long-awaited funding opportunity announcement for Project REMOTE – Reducing Emissions using Methantrophic Organisms for Transport Energy. If that seems like a mouthful – think “bioconversion of natural gas to liquid […]
In Washington, Secretary of Energy Steven Chu announced a new $30 million round of funding for advanced biofuels. The new Funding opportunity announcement will provide funding for small-scale process integration projects that support the development of drop-in advanced biofuels. The FOA will support as many as five projects, and focuses on optimizing and integrating process […]
